Pope Francis’ burdensome trip through Belgium has reached new lows. Defiant Catholic university women called Saturday for a ...

Francis repeated his view that women are the ‘fertile’ nurturers of the church, inducing grimaces in his audience during a ...

The Catholic Louvain University, the Francophone campus of Belgium’s storied Catholic university, issued a scathing statement ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minister urged him in ...

The Archdiocese of Denver, in a statement, said it was “shocked and saddened by the news of expulsions,” which it attributed ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis acknowledged that the abuse scandal had created "atrocious suffering and wounds," and undermined ...

As Pope Francis' visit to Belgium continues, survivors are pushing for more than words from the Catholic Church's leader.

Pope Francis has promised to "offer all the help we can" to aid victims of clergy sexual abuse heal after victims told him ...

Pope Francis has met with 17 survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Belgium. He spent two hours with them at the Vatican embassy ...

Pope Francis addressed the Belgian victims of clerical sexual abuse again on Saturday offering words of contrition in a ...

Pope Francis said Saturday the Catholic Church must learn from victims of child sexual abuse, as he was pressed on the issue ...

During Pope Francis' visit to Belgium, the Catholic Church's inadequate response to clergy sexual abuse has been criticized.